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1. Certificates authorising the Collector of Customs at

Calcutta to allow the shipment of opium intended for Macao

will be issued by the Board of Revenue only on the

application of an agent appointed for that purpose.

The name

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of the agent will be notified by the Governor of Macao to

the Government of India,

2.

Certificates in respect of such opium up to a limit of

500 chests in any one year will be granted to the agent at

such times as he may apply for them.

3.

In respect of any application for certificates in excess

of the limit of 500 chests in any one year the agent will be

required to produce the license of the Governor of Lacao

under Article 6 permitting the importation into Macao.

4.

Opium for export under the certificates may be purchased

by the agent at the monthly sales or privately from legitimate

holdere of opium in Calcutta.

5. Opium destined for Macao will in all cases (except a8

provided in paragraph 5a) be exported from Calcutta, exports

of Halwa opium from Bombay having now ceased.

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